Qualcomm's Latest LTE Modem Boasts 450Mbps Downloads
What would be nice...
is if the modem was sold without the artificial locks in place to block networks... this modem Can do CDMA and GSM, so in theory you Could just swap between T-mo/ATT and Sprint/Verizon (GSM-CDMA) but I imagine they will lock it out so it only does one or the other, depending on who you buy it from.
Maybe one day we will have freedom to buy and use a phone without artificially placed restrictions, now That would be nice. THAT might be a real reason to pay $800 for a phone direct from a manufacturer.
Maybe one day we will have freedom to buy and use a phone without artificially placed restrictions, now That would be nice. THAT might be a real reason to pay $800 for a phone direct from a manufacturer.
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A phone that could work with any carrier sounds great in theory, but I don't see it happening for technical reasons.
Basically, while the chip has all these capabilities, it takes more than the one chip to have a functional radio. There are various antennas which have to be tuned to the different bands, receive amplifiers, power amplifiers for transmit... And a bunch of other parts. Getting all that stuff packed into a phone on all those different frequency bands would take a lot of space, and of course it all needs power which results in shorter battery life.
The end result would likely be a phone that works mediocre on several bands, but isn't really excellent on any of them, is bigger, and costs more. That would be a hard sell. No...
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Basically, while the chip has all these capabilities, it takes more than the one chip to have a functional radio. There are various antennas which have to be tuned to the different bands, receive amplifiers, power amplifiers for transmit... And a bunch of other parts. Getting all that stuff packed into a phone on all those different frequency bands would take a lot of space, and of course it all needs power which results in shorter battery life.
The end result would likely be a phone that works mediocre on several bands, but isn't really excellent on any of them, is bigger, and costs more. That would be a hard sell. No...
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Its not a technical limitation, you have been sold on the lie that the carriers would like you to believe.
There are current "World" phones that can do both GSM and CDMA, they just wont hit the GSM networks in the US due to restrictions artificially placed on the device by collusion between the manufacturer and carrier.
You would think that by buying it at full retail price direct from the manufacturer you could get around that but no... because they say so.
There are current "World" phones that can do both GSM and CDMA, they just wont hit the GSM networks in the US due to restrictions artificially placed on the device by collusion between the manufacturer and carrier.
You would think that by buying it at full retail price direct from the manufacturer you could get around that but no... because they say so.
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I'm Samsung Note 4 that I got 2 weekends ago on T-Mobile shows Network Mode: Lte/Wcdma/GSM just to back your point thebriang.
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WCDMA is not the same as the regular CDMA that companies like Verizon use. It's a different animal.
The real question will be, once most networks roll out LTE nation wide, and switch to having an LTE only network, what's to stop a phone from working with all the different LTE bands? If I understand the technology correctly, nothing.
Theoretically a phone would work with all the different LTE bands. So one day, probably in something like 5 years, consumers will hopefully just be able to buy any LTE phone and then choose their carrier accordingly.
The real question will be, once most networks roll out LTE nation wide, and switch to having an LTE only network, what's to stop a phone from working with all the different LTE bands? If I understand the technology correctly, nothing.
Theoretically a phone would work with all the different LTE bands. So one day, probably in something like 5 years, consumers will hopefully just be able to buy any LTE phone and then choose their carrier accordingly.
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Why would they be allowed to do that in a few years if they aren't allowed to do that now?
That is exactly my point, there are world phones NOW...that can connect to both CDMA and GSM, granted they cant hit Every LTE band but they can hit most. They will function perfectly fine on both networks, except for the artificial locks placed on the device.
Its just like using a Sprint phone on Verizon or vice versa, there is no technological limitation or reason they cant, they are the physically same device but neither carrier will activate a device that doesn't fall within their brand's ESN pool. Not because they can't, because they won't.
Which is just like the artificial subsidy locks carriers and manufacturers place on devices, they...
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That is exactly my point, there are world phones NOW...that can connect to both CDMA and GSM, granted they cant hit Every LTE band but they can hit most. They will function perfectly fine on both networks, except for the artificial locks placed on the device.
Its just like using a Sprint phone on Verizon or vice versa, there is no technological limitation or reason they cant, they are the physically same device but neither carrier will activate a device that doesn't fall within their brand's ESN pool. Not because they can't, because they won't.
Which is just like the artificial subsidy locks carriers and manufacturers place on devices, they...
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How often are you switching carriers that you want to get a phone that works with all of them? Most people want to get a new phone every year or 2 anyways so that's a perfect opportunity to switch. If you are switching more often then you should pick a better carrier even if they are more expensive.
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